It is so sad for our humanity that our so-called civilised world political leaders are still not able to find a way of preventing war and achieving PEACE regardless of what excuses the leaders have to start a war.
We all looked to the formation of United Nations and its Charter of Peace with dreams and hopes that after the second World War in 1945 there would be no more war. We all looked forward to ending all wars and replace war with the civilised rule of law instead of uncivilised rule of force!
Sadly, since WW2 we have seen even more destruction caused by regional wars of many kinds, mainly civil wars in various part of the world instigated by major powers namely US, USSR, UK, France, China, all Permanent Security Council of UN. We all know full well that we have all the historical figures and records to prove that wars are the most uncivilised and inhumane act for mankind and most destructive, wasteful and evil act for our civilisation! The human cost is monstrous and beyond any imagination and recorded. The economic cost is enormous and beyond imagination and recorded. The tragedy and heartache created for our civilised society is beyond any description and recorded.
And the trillions and trillions wasted in defence and military combats are shocking and recorded. UN and its almighty Charter of Peace supposed to guide us, all of us and not some of us, to create a most beautiful multicultural, civilised world of the century, for all of us and beyond. The trillions and trillions wasted in defence and military combats are shocking and recorded. UN and its almighty Charter of Peace supposed to guide us, all of us and not some of us, to create a most beautiful multicultural, civilised world of the century, for all of us and beyond anyone’s dream ! I have a dream and that dream I believe, is shared by all the ordinary global citizens of the United Nations that one day there shall be no more war. The children, mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers will live happily after. We therefore have to outlaw all combating military forces via UN and replace them with PEACE keeping forces. The safest, most economical and humane way of preventing war is through genuine persistent peace dialogue with all our families in mind until we can all find a compromised peace solution.
Civilisation teaches us : “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It applies to all political leaders, past, present and in the future. We are all human and human makes mistakes. There is no exception when it comes to warring party. They cannot help themselves from greed and power unless being restrained by strong law enforcement. And worse, they will never admit that they are wrong and always somebody else. We have historical records to show them that this happened time and time again with our past political leaders who started the wars.
We have also learned that only enforceable rule of proper, civilised laws, overseen by almighty Charter of UN, will one day, if UN becomes strong enough through its International Judiciary power to control each and every one of them so they don’t become monstrous war criminals again.
Only preventive measures through genuine, constructive and respectful peace dialogues brokered by UN will work. It is easy for them to point the fingers at one another but when they failed to reach a peaceful solution and allow the war to happen, they all become war criminals because they directly involved in the planning, killing, murdering, destroying lives and property, creating refugees and many horrible homeless peoples left rooming around the globe because they were evicted by wars. These leaders have temporarily lost their minds. They do not realise that the ordinary peoples of both sides and beyond suffered tremendously one way or another from their war criminal acts. They may get away with their propaganda but history will record each and every of their war criminal acts.
We therefore have to outlaw all combating military forces via UN and replace them with PEACE keeping forces. The safest, most economical and humane way of preventing war is through genuine persistent peace dialogue supervised by the UN International law enforcing bodies. All nations big or small should abide by its decision so that all conflicts can be solved peacefully eventually without war, enforced by strong peace keeping forces and International Criminal Court and other law enforcing agencies for peace.
With all due respect to Biden, Putin, Xi and all other political leaders, my humble opinion is, the root of the problem of war, still lies in greed and power associated with bad governance and governments.
My blessing goes to all the ordinary global citizens who share my dream for a beautiful world without war when all the children, fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers of all colours, religions, ideologies, cultures and languages can live happily after with liberty, democracy, equality, fraternity and joy under the protection of the civilised rule of laws for all of us and not some of us.
Dr Ka Sing Chua is National Senior Adviser CCCA and the National Chinese Australian Leadership Group
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